8525 - Storage card not showing up in Windows Media Player

[judd]

I can access the storage card through the File Explorer, but Windows Media Player stopped showing the storage card option in the library page. Weird, and annoying. I can only access my storage card song files through File Explorer. Can anyone help?

[cdyat]

This has come up a few times in different threads.
Open File Explorer in wm5
Select Show all files from the options
Go to your storage card
Delete the file called METADATA

Open media player
Update the library as you usually do and the storage card should re-appear

You might need to do this from time to time. Most people do

[wwwes]

I discovered that if I stop my music (not pause) and close (exit so that it is no longer running in the background) wmp before starting the camera app that I don't lose my library on the storage card anymore.

if you poke around in the registry, a few things in the camera app are interesting here. there is a coexistwithwmp item, which is set to false. this causes the camera app to kill wmp. there are also some timers to shut down wmp. I think these are the culprit but I haven't had time to prove it. maybe someone on the forum has fewer kids....
wes

[judd]

Craig, that solved my problem. I can finally stop wrenching my head over this.

Thanks guys for the tips :)

[Captain_Eric]

This has come up a few times in different threads.
Open File Explorer in wm5
Select Show all files from the options
Go to your storage card
Delete the file called METADATA

Open media player
Update the library as you usually do and the storage card should re-appear

You might need to do this from time to time. Most people do

I tried this on my 8125, but it didn't work. Is an 8125 differant than a 8585 for this problem?

To be clear, when you say "open media player" then "update the library...", you mean the PC based Windows Media Player 11, right?

Any insight on this issue would be most appreciated, as always.

Eric

[MikeChannon]

Update media player on 8585.
Mike

[Prerna]

This has come up a few times in different threads.
Open File Explorer in wm5
Select Show all files from the options
Go to your storage card
Delete the file called METADATA

Open media player
Update the library as you usually do and the storage card should re-appear

You might need to do this from time to time. Most people do

Funny, I just did that, and now my librara only shows "My Device" (not "Storage Card" anymore...)

[spliff1]

Well it worked great for me :)
Thanks guys :D
Slainte
Spliff1

[afrim]

I posted a solution in the Excalibur forum for this problem: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=298971